Uzbekistan’s first unicorn, Uzum, leaps to a $1.5B valuation
Uzbekistan's Uzum has raised $65.5 million in a new funding round co-led by China's Tencent and the New York- and London-based VR Capital, with participation from U.S.-based FinSight Capital.
Read moreFactoring RSA100
Earlier today I wrote about factoring four 255-bit numbers that I needed for a post. Just out of curiosity, I wanted to see how long it would take to factor RSA 100, the smallest of the factoring challenges posed by RSA Laboratories in 1991. This is a 100-digit (330-bit) number
Read moreJeh Aerospace nets $11M to scale the commercial aircraft supply chain in India
Indian startup Jeh Aerospace has secured $11 million in a new funding round to help ease global supply chain bottlenecks.
Read moreA top designer was banned from Dribbble. Now he’s building his own competitor.
Dribbble is enforcing its terms of service that lets it take a cut of designers' work, and kicking out those who don't comply. One top designer has had enough, and is building his own startup instead.
Read morePairing-unfriendly curves
A couple days ago I wrote about two pair of closely related elliptic curves: Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and Pallas and Vesta. In each pair, the order of one curve is the order of the base field of the other curve. The curves in each pair are used together in cryptography,
Read moreGoogle says its AI-based bug hunter found 20 security vulnerabilities
The discoveries by an AI-based bug hunter are significant, as it shows these tools are starting to get real results, even if they still need a human.
Read moreTime to factor big integers Python and Mathematica
This post will look at the time required to factor n − 1 each of the following prime numbers in Python (SymPy) and Mathematica. The next post will explain why I wanted to factor these numbers. p = 2254 + 4707489544292117082687961190295928833 q = 2254 + 4707489545178046908921067385359695873 r = 2254 +
Read moreFoxconn sells former GM factory to mystery buyer after failing to make EVs
The company has spent more than three years claiming the factory would become an "important" EV hub. But it has barely produced anything there.
Read moreHow a recent grad bridges the gap from school to career with CodeSignal Learn
Whether you’re trying to break into a new field, prepare for the job search, or level up in your current role, it helps to know that you’re not alone in your journey to build your skills. That’s why we’re sharing stories from learners like you: to motivate and inspire others
Read moreRivian sues to sell its EVs directly in Ohio
Today, Rivian can sell EVs directly to consumers in 25 states and Washington D.C.
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